> Is the Vega in there?? Couldn't find it. It should be!
> To this day, I can't believe Chev made, or sourced, that failure of
> an
> engine with its' piston/rings scraping away on aluminum cylinder
> walls.
> How could they do that? Surely they must have known.

they knew. they just didn't care.

the air filter on the vega was $40 back then. you replaced the ENTIRE
metal air cleaner, not just a paper element. the whole thing was a
sealed unit... into the trash.

it had metric AND sae nuts and bolts all over the engine.

the interior panels were plastic, and the holes/slots for door handles
and window cranks were cut out jaggedly, as if by hacksaw.

and the killer was, my mother bought one (against my advice), and it
lasted about 30,000 miles ... but beyond the warranty! ... when the
front lower a-arm fell off the car as she was backing out of a
neighbor's driveway.

it wasn't just a failure, it was a disaster!!

and nobody sued GM, like they did with ford and the pinto.
wonder why?

OVC:  my vanagons NEVER had those problems!!! i've never even heard of
a vanagon lower (or upper!) a-arm falling off. :)

unca joel